Guyana News

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday slammed the National COVID-19 Task Force for a lack of leadership and for not providing guidance on the reopening of the economy.

Although residents of Masakenari, in Region Nine, are grateful to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MoIPA) for its recent donation of food supplies, Toshao Paul Chekema has said it will not be enough since it is only the beginning of the rainy season and most of the villagers’ crops have died after being inundated for a few days.

A 39-year-old man succumbed at a city hospital on Friday afternoon, almost a day after he was stabbed while allegedly trying to disarm his brother at their Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.

Guyanese musician Derry Etkins has died during recovery from a minor surgery.

The woman who has been arrested after the fatal stabbing her common-law husband at Mabaruma, in Region One, on Friday afternoon had been the prime suspect in the disappearance of her father in 2017.

Seeking to meet a demand from customers while keeping workers off the breadline during the pandemic lockdown, some city cafés have resumed operations by introducing curbside pickup and delivery services.

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many businesses uncertain about the future but hoping for the best.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Ten is calling on the Ministry of Social Protection to provide counselling for families affected by COVID-19 stigma.

With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, official Independence Day celebrations, including the flag raising ceremony, are going to be observed virtually.

The Guyana Carnival committee is set to host a virtual masquerade parade on Independence Day, May 26, after its planned celebrations were scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

For a second consecutive day, the Public Health Ministry yesterday announced that the latest round of testing has not yielded any new COVID-19 cases.

The Guyana Post Office Corpo-ration (GPOC) has announced that old age pension payments for June, 2020, will begin on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at all post offices countrywide, the Department of Public Infor-mation (DPI) said on Friday.

One thousand hampers have been donated to several organisations and communities in Guyana by the Jay and Silvia Sobhraj Foundation in an effort to provide relief to persons affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic. 

Kupanda Sisters Inc., a united States-based non-profit organisation founded by a Guyanese, has partnered with the World Literacy Foundation to launch a pilot programme to boost literacy through the provision of tablets to 20 students of Sophia Primary School.

A 57-year-old miner is currently nursing second degree burns to more than half of his body which he reportedly during a mining accident at Partang Back-dam, Upper Mazaruni River.

Over 500 businesses have already applied to benefit from COVID-19 relief grants from the Ministry of Business through the Small Business Bureau, according to de facto Minister of Business Haimraj Rajkumar.

As part of the recent commemoration of International Day of the Nurse, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) has gifted 88 nurses and 25 doctors the opportunity to enjoy fine dining or recuperation at one of Guyana’s tourism destinations.

Eight-five ballot boxes  from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, according to GECOM commissioner, Sase Gunraj in a post on his Facebook page.

Over 500 businesses have already applied to benefit from COVID-19 relief grants from the Ministry of Business  through the Small Business Bureau, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall confirmed yesterday that the mining town has recorded its first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case.